The first all-girl rock band in Indian-controlled Kashmir has decided to disband after only one concert because of threats its teenage members received on social media and a demand from a top Muslim cleric that they stop performing

NEW DELHI, — Indian author Arundhati Ms. Roy, facing possible sedition charges over remarks she made about disputed Indian Kashmir, said on Tuesday she had only been calling for “justice” for the region. Ms. Roy’s statement came after police in New Delhi said they weighing whether to bring sedition charges against the Booker prize-winning author […]

By Peter Goodspeed, National Post It is being called a “cyber-intifada” — a violent rebellion in which youths, armed only with stones and cellphone cameras, are challenging Indian rule in the Himalayan valley of Kashmir. Day after day for three months, thousands of angry, disenchanted young people have clashed with heavily armed Indian security forces, […]